grant whipp wrote:Gage wrote:You mean a cattle call like last year or was it a stampede? They acted like they had never been to a ‘pot luck’ before and started the line moving before all the food was on the table. I guess they just felt that they wouldn’t get anything to eat ...
Hey, now, Gage!
That's pretty unkind ...

,,,! Perhaps you've forgotten that because of the cold weather, last year, that a decision was made to move the time up on the potluck, and that there was considerable confusion over that because of the wacky time issues you get to experience in that Park. A lot of folks spend a lot of time, effort, and money to prepare delicious food for their fellow campers, and would like said fellow campers to enjoy that food while it is still HOT! As well, with some of the food coming in later, the folks at the end of the line did get some hot food.
It was frickin' cold, last year (and it was clear that most folks were not prepared for that!) ... no one was in the mood to hang around and freeze while their food got cold ... [b][i]or follow ONE line when there was clearly room for two, again so we could eat our food while it was relatively warm. It wasn't the best situation, and we did the best we could under the circumstances, so let's not be so critical, O.K. ...

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With regards to people piling their plates and throwing so much away, well, that's a perennial problem that can only be solved by practicing and encouraging thoughtfulness. Come to think of it, that would make a whole lot of things, everywhere, better ...
CHEERS!